VOX BASS

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http://www.voxshowroom.com

 

If you can tell us if the bass is a solid body or semi-acoustic would be a good start. Also what is the body shape, teardrop, violin, 335 style, etc?

Are there any on board effects built into the bass? How many pickups does it have?

Does the bass say "Made in Italy" on the back of the headstock?

Finally, does the bass have a large headstock with VOX written in gold metal type?

The answers to these questions will help determine the model.

Cheers,

PS - There's a 1967-68 Vox catalog posted on the attached linked site. Click on the link and checkout the catalog to see if your bass is in it.
http://www.vintage-bass.com/Informations/Misc_Catalogs/misc_catalogs1.html

 

Sounds to me that you have one of the Rose-Morris Vox guitars from the early eighty's.
The single DiMarzio P-Bass style humbucking pickup was only found on the model 3504. That bass only came with a maple neck. The neck should have 24 frets with double dots marking the 12th and 24th frets.

It should also have a mini switch located on the body to switch the pickup to either series or parallel.

These were made in Japan for Vox (then owned by Rose-Morris) between 1982-85.

Here's a picture of the 3504. If i'm wrong, please let me know.



Cheers,
JC

 

I saw this one http://www.voxshowroom.com/us/guitar/saturn.html at my local pawn shop. It looked really old and the store was selling it for around $200. Anyone has any experience with this bass?

 

The Saturn is a interesting bass. If the bass that's available for $200.00 is in good shape and you like the feel of it and the way it plays and sounds, then go for it.
Saturn has the toothpick style neck. It's extremely thin which places the strings fairly close together. I have a Vox Constellation IV bass (see picture below) with the same neck, and I personally really love the neck on it.
The Saturn has a 30" scale and combined with the single neck positioned pickup, has a tendency to sound bassy, but that's ok. Providing you're not going to play metal or hard rock the bass will probably be fine.
Make sure the neck doesn't have a twist in it and that everything including the hardware is good and tight. Saturn's were available between 67-69.
Cheers,

 

Thanks alot for the info. I'll drop by the pawn show and try it out. When I saw it I remember the bass looking really ancient. If it plays well I'll get it. Cheers!